more reasons to complete sundown marathon

hi runners,

First, for convenience of those working, please take note our next run change to this Sunday, 7 pm , 2nd May

22 kms (ECP Mac-Fort Rd- Safra -ECP Mac)
7 pm,Sunday, 4th May
7.00pm warm up @ track beside 7/11
7.30 pm run start

bring your own hydration, there will be no water station for this run.

Second, the not so good news, gauging by the last few trial runs, it will be a gargantuan accomplishment for many of us ( read old, fat and ugly) to complete the full 42.195km.

Third, with bad news there must be good news! life is 5050
to make your effort even more meaningful, ah hoo had agree to match dollar for dollar to our charity run. that mean you will help to raise not $1,000 but $2,000 if you complete the full 42.195 km. remember there is no time limit to finish. you can run, walk. limp, persevere to the finishing line with a bruise body,a brave smile and a big heart feeling proud that you have make it and also raise $2,000 for charity. if i (read old, fat but handsome) can do my first marathon without any training and complete in 7 hr 40 mins, so can you!

friends, there are still 5 more weeks. train hard but train safe.

and last but not least, we have one more runner, ernest sim make it to the 33rd member of team "Run To Eat" now where are daniel ong eng cheow and dave ng chun sun?? sorry guys, if i have to resort to name calling to get you, so be it!! registration close 30 April 2008

see u this sunday @ECP run


rgds
fsim
run to eat

A new head and a New me

26 apr 30 km run result
the absentee : patrick,shao chong, ah ang, nick, edwin, willie, terry and ah ong.
zhao ming was declare unfit to run at ECP

hoping to run faster, i put on a new headgear



for more pictures : http://picasaweb.google.com/sgh2222

run result
william
andrew
andrea
ah tan
ah wah
libin
ah chan
freddy
jennifer
ah hoo
toby
ah bay
billy
allan

I ran my personal best of 1:53 hrs for first 15km then being pace by dave in his SUV the u-turn 6.5km was a faster 43 mins which depleted my fuel. this result in the last 8.5km of 87 mins. a total time of 4:03 for 30 kms. errr...maybe my botak head help!!

hi franklin,
heard you do 20 km in 2:50, give u a tip to run faster - shave your head like me and u can shave off a few minutes in your run.

i will be off to kota kinabalu for my climb this wednesday, will only be back saturday night. so running on a sat night cancel. run change to next monday
22 kms (ECP Mac-Fort Rd- Safra -ECP Mac)
8 pm, Mon, 5th May
8.00pm warm up @ track beside 7/11
8.30 pm run start
please note that there will be no water station for this run.

I have also registered for the following run

1) 15km Saucony Passion Run
6.30 am, 8th June 2008
East Coast Park
E2 Asangna Green
on line registration http://www.singaporepassionrun.com/

2) Army half marathon
Date: Sunday, 24 August 2008Start Point: Esplanade DriveEnd Point: Padang
on line registration : http://www.safra.sg/singapore_bay_run.aspx?pageid=1433

hope some of you guys can join me

till then, train hard, train safe!

fsim
run to eat

latest update for sundown mara

FIVE more runners for sundown marathon and don't pray pray, two of them are in the 84 kms ultra marathon!!
now we have 32 runners and i am still waiting for daniel ong aka mr. "not ready leh" to sign up

Latest list of kNight runners (new runners in red)

84.39 kms ultra marathon
Ah Hoo
Ah Wah

42.195 kms marathon
C2o : Patrick Peng, Alvin Wong, Allan Kwek, Freddy Sim, Mag Yong, Gary Theh, Willie Chan, Edwin Chionh, Peter Poh
G-Idea : Huang Zhao Ming
Cofta : Franklin Tan
UOB Kay Hian : William Tay,
TSS : Vincent Teo
Creative :Toby Lim, Sim Li Bin, Paul Seow, Chan Ming Tat, Ah Tan
Fortis : Sin Wey Kian
Shell : Tan Kong Chee
Calvin Chua
Sim Shao Chong
TG Aircon : Ang Eng Yeow
Poh Leong Tractor : Andrew Yong
Computer City : Billy Phua
Air Market : Nick Soon
Asterisk Computer : Bay Eng Seng
Jennifer Foo
Andrea Yong
Elton Chew

I have added climbing 40 storey HDB block to my training regime, done 10X in 1 hrs 53 mins. I will be doing it again tonite at 8.30pm, anyone interested?
blk 79B toa payoh, 10X, climb up and down via lift.

Dave had kindly volunteer to be the water cum camera man for our run tomolo night. thanks dave, other then being my golf kakis i hope you can also be my running kaki lah. as an ex PTI, 1 month training is enough for u.

30 kms (ECP Mac-Changi Beach Park - ECP Mac)
9 pm, Sat, 26th apr
ECP Mac
9.00pm warm up @ track beside 7/11
9.30 pm run starts

confirm runner list
andrew
andrea
allan
william
freddy
ah chan
ah tan
ah hoo
ah wah
libin
toby
shao chong
zhao ming
ah ang
ah bay
billy
edwin
willie
ong bee chuan
terry lee
nick

one way to prevent muscle cramp is to drink 1L of salt water 4-6 hour before the run.

rest well and see you tomolo night.

26 Apr 30 km run @ ECP Mac

hi all,

forgot to attach training plan in my last mail.

from so many runners hitting the wall after 25km, we know we have to built up our endurance but so far, response for this saturday run is not encouraging. Hope to see more of you at 9 pm, saturday@ ECP Mac. for this run, I had given up this saturday "Mayday" concert.

Due to request by some runners, we will delay our run by 30 minutes.

30 kms (ECP Mac-Changi Beach Park - ECP Mac)
Sat, 26th apr ECP Mac
9.00pm warm up
9.30 pm run starts

confirm runners list
andrew
andrea
allan
william
freddy
ah chan
ah tan
ah hoo
ah wah
libin
toby
shao chong
zhao ming
ah ang
ah bay
billy
edwin

sam our water man is attending his old flame daughter wedding this sat, so I am still looking for a volunteer waterman.

rgds
fsim

6 weeks to Mara, Are You Ready

6 weeks to mara, are u ready? are you all ready?? the answer is a BIG NO!??

highlights of last sat run.

http://tuagulan.googlepages.com/home pictures of run courtesy of ah bay (our rookie camera man)

AWOL : alvin, willie
MC : ah ang, ah bay and zhao ming

due to some hiccups, run started off at 11.30pm. happily being a sweeper at the back made my first half of the run easy. to make the water point more visible we brought it 500m ahead at the junction of changi ferry terminal( also shortened our run by 1 km) sam never learned to sing "running on a saturday night" so he made it up by buying durian, yes D24 durian to help us turbo charge our tired legs. thanks to our hardworking watermen, sam and ah bay. I suggested next run, they can go mobile by cycling around the route; they can also moonlight as ice cream man.

I was going for sub 4 hrs, but alas was down to walking pace for the last 2 km. Nevertheless still very happy with 4hrs 15m finish. we do have quite a few fast runners but they "pang chek" after 22 kms

run result
andrew (3h10m)
william (3h20m)
andrea (4h, muscle cramp??)
calvin (4h5m, slept halfway, yes he was too tired that he took a rest in one of the hut)
ah chen (but he ran only the return route, chin chai lah count him in)
mag
freddy
gary
vincent (out tallest and longest legs runner, pang chek @ 25km)
jennifer
ah hoo
toby (surrender @ 25km)
alan (white flag @ 15km)
billy (white mailto:flag@15km)
patrick (commendable to complete 15km)
mr and mrs edwin (MIA. why? ran past hawer centre and decided to have supper?)

to my dear runners and those absentees, from the above result it is loud and clear that we need to built up our endurance in order to complete the full 42.195kms. i am suggesting a re-run @ 9pm this sat night (this will also fulfill sam's dream of selling ice cream @ ECP/PCN)

Next run 30 kms (u can turn back anytime, but please 'tong' to finish)
Sat, 26 apr ECP Mac
8.30 pm warm up
9.00 pm run starts

so far confirmed runners are

andrew
andrea
william
freddy
ah chan
ah tan
ah hoo
ah wah

i hope all of you will turn up, as an incentive i have prepared a pair of i-pure marathon sock worth $38 for all those who complete this trail within 4 hrs. This mother of all marathon socks will make your long run like a stroll in the park.you can wear it before the run, free if you complete within 4hrs, or esle pay up. socks worn are not returnable!!